Combined whip-socket and rein-holder



(No Model.)

W. N. BELLAH. V COMBINED WHIP SOGKET AND RBIN HOLDER.

No. 261,987. Patented Aug. 1, 1882 ATTORNEYS der at c.

'plan view, showing the cam open.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM N. BELLAH,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF SAINT JO, TEXAS.

COMBINED WHIP-SOCKET AND RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,987, dated August 1, 1882.

Application filed May 3, 1882 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. BELLAH, a citizen of the United States, resident of Saint Jo,in the county of Montague and State of Texas, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Combined Whip-Socket and Rein -Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation of a side view of my device. Fig. 2 is a top or Fig.3isa similar view, showing cam closed; and Fig. 4 is a face view of the plate.

This invention has relation to rein holder whip-sockets; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pivoted whip socket, its serrated eccentric face and.

bearing-plate, and a spring connected to the socket and bearing-plate, whereby the eccen- .tric face is brought to bear automatically, as hereinafter set forth.

' In the accompanying drawings,the letter a design ates the bearing-plate, which is designed to be attached to the dash-board frame, and is provided with eyes or journal -bearings b, in which the stem portion 0 of the whip-socket d turns, said socket being formed with a shoul- Above thisshouldertheWhip-socket is formed with an eccentric face, f, which is serrated, as shown, the abrupt walls of the serrations being turned toward the bearing-plate, which is also serrated longitudinally, as indi cated at g, the serrations extending upward to the end of the plate, which is beveled to afford an easy entrance to the lines 7:. Around the cylindrical portion or stem 0 of the socket is arranged a spring, 8, one end of which is attached to the plate a and the other end to'the stem 0, as shown in the drawings. The tension of this spring is adjusted so that it turns the eccentric face toward the hearing-plate, and a little outward when free. When the lines are introduced between the eccentric face f and the hearing-plate, and at the same time drawn a little inward, the whip socket is rotated-inward, and when the lines are dropped automatically reverses its movement, bringing the eccentric to hear on the lines in such a manner as to hold them secure] y against the bearingplate. The lines are released by pulling them upward, so as to disen gage them from the hearing surfaces, when the whip-socket. will at once return to its normal position.

A combined rein holder and whip socket consistingofabase-plate supporting at oneend two standards, to one of which the whip-socket is attached by a spring-hinge in such amanner that the spring presses the socket against the other standard and clamps the reins be 0, and the spring .9 around said stem, and attached thereto and to the bearing-plate, whereby the eccentric face is brought to bear automatically, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

HARVEY Y. P. Moss, J N0. D. BELLAH.

'WILLIAM NEWTON eELLAH. 

